I checked it out in person at the NYC pop-up store (an interesting experience in itself)
It had a nice feel, and the ID was pretty straightforward - which I liked. Masculine feel. Build quality was better than other slates I’ve felt like the Samsung 7 and EE Tablet. Felt responsive flicking through the Windows 8 interface and I’m sure it’s capable for decent resolution renderings.
The cover was nice, but I seriously don’t think I’d ever use it as a keyboard if I could avoid it. It was hard and very solid. There was a second cover that had a notebook style keyboard (depressable keys), but it had a cheap feel.
From what they told me, there will be a ‘Pro’ version coming out soon with Stylus enabled touch screen. Here’s the spec sheets Looks thicker.
There’s a ton of nice looking tablets coming out over the next couple months, some with Wacom digitizers… should be good pickins around Christmas for a modern & portable Win8 sketchpad!